Archive for September, 2008
Select Bus Service Comes To Manhattan
After a more than successful debut & current run in the Bronx, Select Bus Service is taking its show on the road to Manhattan, 34th Street more specifically. Brad Aaron of Streetsblog has more on the new service from the team of the DOT & MTA in this report: DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and MTA […]
Gov. Patterson Promises Progress On Moynihan Station
For the last number of years, our local officials & many other transit advocates have been pushing for the creation of the Moynihan Station. The station would serve as the new & highly improved home of the Amtrak, Long Island Rail Road, & New Jersey Transit. Unfortunately due to many different circumstances including the never […]
MTA Adds Extra Buses & Trains In The Bronx
Usually when a local leader cries out to the MTA for something whether it be much needed repairs or extra service, they are left waiting for a long time before any sort of resolution is reached. However in the North Bronx, the time period for a solution was faster than they could have ever expected. […]
MTA Staffers Continue To Lose Perks
Over the last few months it has been the same stories in the news when it comes to the MTA. The biggest story by far has been the sorry state of finances at the agency & how they are looking at any & every way to cut costs. So to no one’s surprise, news has […]
Sharp Eyed Motorman Saves The Day
There are many thankless jobs in NYC that do not get the recognition they deserve. One of those jobs happens to be a motorman for the MTA’s NYC Subway. The job is held my thousands who have thousands of lives in their hand every single day with the sole purpose of getting them from “Point […]
